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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: No. II. ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS, G. C. B. GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. This gallant nnd distinguished officer was the son of the Rev. R. Keats, rector of Bideford, in Devonshire, and headmaster of the free grammar school at Tiverton. He was born at Chalton, in Hampshire, on the 16th of January, 1757, and at the age of thirteen entered the navy, on board the Bellona, 74, on the home station. The Captain of this ship, John Montague, being promoted to the rank of Rear-Admirai, and appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Halifax station, took the youngster with him into the Captain, of 60 guns, in 1771. Although hostilities had not actually commenced, this was a busy station, and one well caleulated to form the rising officer; and Mr. Keats was very actively employed in boat service, and also in small craft, two of which he commanded. In February, 177fii Admiral Montague received preferment, and hoisted Ins flag at the fore, in the Romney, 50, as Governor viid Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland; Keats .ioixi him, and remained till he was ready to pass the ordeal of examination; after which he was made Lieutenant into the Ramilies, on the 7th of April, 1777. The Ramilies led the fleet on the larboard tack in the action fought by Keppel against D'Orvilliers, on the 27th of July, 1778, when she had twelve men killed, and twenty-one wounded; and the officer-like conduct of the young Lieutenant was so striking, that when his Captain, the Honourable Robert Digby, received the rank of Rear-Admiral, in the following year, he invited Mr. Keats as a follower into thePrince George of 98 guns. In this ship his Royal Highness Prince William Henry, his present Most Gracious Majesty, commenced his naval career; and Lieutenant Keats had the honour of being, for upwards of three ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458862686
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458862682
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 354 gr


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